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width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Holman Christian Standard Bible </td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/hcs/esv/proverbs/7.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="poetryblock"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-1.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">1</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs">My</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1121.htm" title="בֵּן_1 ncmsc 1121"> son</a>, <a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/8104.htm" title="שׁמר vqvms 8104">obey</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> my</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/561.htm" title="אֵמֶר_1 ncmpc 561"> words</a>,</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc">and</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6845.htm" title="צפן vqi2ms 6845"> treasure</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> my</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/4687.htm" title="מִצְוָה ncfpc 4687"> commands</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Pr 2:1">a</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-2.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">2</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/8104.htm" title="שׁמר vqvms 8104">Keep</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> my</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/4687.htm" title="מִצְוָה ncfpc 4687"> commands</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc"> and</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2421.htm" title="חיה vqvms 2421"> live</a>;<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Pr 3:1-2; 4:4; 6:23; 19:16">b</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs">protect my</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/8451.htm" title="תֹּורָה ncfsc 8451"> teachings</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="כְּ Pp">as</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/380.htm" title="אִישֹׁון ncmsc 380"> the pupil</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ְכָ psn2ms"> of your</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5869.htm" title="עַיִן ncbdc 5869"> eye</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Dt 32:10; Ps 17:8; Zch 2:8">c</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-3.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">3</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7194.htm" title="קשׁר vqvms 7194">Tie</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ָמ psv3mp"> them</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5921.htm" title="עַל_2 Pp 5921"> to</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ְכָ psn2ms"> your</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/676.htm" title="אֶצְבַּע ncfpc 676"> fingers</a>;</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3789.htm" title="כתב vqvms 3789">write</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ָמ psv3mp"> them</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5921.htm" title="עַל_2 Pp 5921"> on</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3871.htm" title="לוּחַ ncmsc 3871"> the tablet</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ְכָ psn2ms"> of your</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3820.htm" title="לֵב ncmsc 3820"> heart</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Dt 11:18; Pr 3:3; 6:21">d</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-4.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">4</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/559.htm" title="אמר_1 vqvms 559">Say</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> to</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2451.htm" title="חָכְמָה ncfsa 2451"> wisdom</a>, “<a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/859.htm" title="אַתְּ pi2fs 859">You</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> are my</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/269.htm" title="אָחֹות ncfsc 269"> sister</a>,”<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Sg 4:9">e</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc">and</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7121.htm" title="קרא_1 vqi2ms 7121"> call</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/998.htm" title="בִּינָה ncfsa 998"> understanding</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/4129.htm" title="מֹודָע ncmsa 4129"> your relative</a>.</p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-5.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">5</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/8104.htm" title="שׁמר vqc 8104">She will keep</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ְכָ psv2ms"> you</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/4480.htm" title="מִן Pp 4480"> from</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2114.htm" title="זָר afsa 2114"> a forbidden</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/802.htm" title="אִשָּׁה ncfsa 802"> woman</a>,</p><p class="endpoem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5237.htm" title="נָכְרִי afsa 5237">a stranger</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs"> with her</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2505.htm" title="חלק_1 vhp3fs 2505"> flattering</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/561.htm" title="אֵמֶר_1 ncmpc 561"> talk</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Pr 5:3,20; 6:24; 7:21">f</a></p><p class="heading">A Story of Seduction</p><p class="poetryblock"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-6.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">6</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp">At</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2474.htm" title="חַלֹּון ncbsc 2474"> the window</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> of my</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1004.htm" title="בַּיִת_1 ncmsc 1004"> house</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/8259.htm" title="שׁקף vnp1cs 8259">I looked</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1157.htm" title="בַּעַד_1 Pp 1157"> through</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> my</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/822.htm" title="אֶשְׁנָב ncmsc 822"> lattice</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Jdg 5:28; Sg 2:9">g</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-7.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">7</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7200.htm" title="ראה vqw1csXa 7200">I saw</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> among</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa"> the</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6612.htm" title="פֶּתִי_1 ncmpa 6612"> inexperienced</a>,<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Or simple, or gullible, or naive">h</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/995.htm" title="בין vqi1cs{1}Cf 995">I noticed</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> among</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa"> the</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1121.htm" title="בֵּן_1 ncmpa 1121"> youths</a>,</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5288.htm" title="נַעַר ncmsa 5288">a young man</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2638.htm" title="חָסֵר amsc 2638"> lacking</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3820.htm" title="לֵב ncmsa 3820"> sense</a>.</p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-8.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">8</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5674.htm" title="עבר_1 vqPmsa 5674">Crossing</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa"> the</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7784.htm" title="שׁוּק ncmsa 7784"> street</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/681.htm" title="אֵצֶל Pp 681"> near</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs"> her</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6438.htm" title="פִּנָּה ncfsc 6438"> corner</a>,</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6805.htm" title="צעד vqi3ms 6805">he strolled</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1870.htm" title="דֶּרֶךְ ncbsc 1870"> down the road</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs"> to her</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1004.htm" title="בַּיִת_1 ncmsc 1004"> house</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-9.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">9</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp">at</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5399.htm" title="נֶשֶׁף ncmsa 5399"> twilight</a>, <a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp">in</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6153.htm" title="עֶרֶב_1 ncmsa 6153"> the evening</a>,</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp">in</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/653.htm" title="אֲפֵלָה ncfsa 653"> the dark</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/380.htm" title="אִישֹׁון ncmsc 380"> of the night</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3915.htm" title="לַיְלָה ncmsa 3915"></a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Jb 24:15">i</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-10.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">10</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/802.htm" title="אִשָּׁה ncfsa 802">A woman</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> came to</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7122.htm" title="קרא_2 vqc 7122"> meet</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ֹו psv3ms"> him</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7897.htm" title="שִׁית ncmsc 7897">dressed</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2185.htm" title="זֹנָה ncfsa 2185"> like a prostitute</a>,<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Gn 38:14-15">j</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5341.htm" title="נצר vqsfsc 5341">having a hidden</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3820.htm" title="לֵב ncmsa 3820"> agenda</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Or prostitute with a guarded heart">k</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-11.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">11</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1931.htm" title="הִיא pi3fs 1931">She</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1993.htm" title="המה vqPfsa 1993"> is loud</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc"> and</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5637.htm" title="סרר vqPfsa 5637"> defiant</a>;<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Pr 9:13">l</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs">her</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7272.htm" title="רֶגֶל ncfdc 7272"> feet</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3808.htm" title="לֹא Pn 3808"> do not</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7931.htm" title="שׁכן vqi3mp 7931"> stay</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> at</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1004.htm" title="בַּיִת_1 ncmsc 1004"> home</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="1Tm 5:13">m</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-12.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">12</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6471.htm" title="פַּעַם ncfsa 6471">Now</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> in</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa"> the</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2351.htm" title="חוּץ ncmsa 2351"> street</a>, <a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6471.htm" title="פַּעַם ncfsa 6471">now</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> in</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa"> the</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7339.htm" title="רְחֹב_1 ncmpa 7339"> squares</a>,<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Pr 5:16; 9:14">n</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/693.htm" title="ארב vqi3fs 693">she lurks</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/681.htm" title="אֵצֶל Pp 681"> at</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3605.htm" title="כֹּל ncmsc 3605"> every</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6438.htm" title="פִּנָּה ncfsa 6438"> corner</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Pr 23:28">o</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-13.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">13</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2388.htm" title="חזק vhp3fs{2} 2388">She grabs</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ֹו psn3ms"> him</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc"> and</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5401.htm" title="נשׁק_1 vqp3fs{2} 5401"> kisses</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ֹו psn3ms"> him</a>;</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5810.htm" title="עזז vhp3fs 5810">she brazenly</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6440.htm" title="פָּנֶה ncmpc 6440"></a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/559.htm" title="אמר_1 vqw3fs 559"> says</a><a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Lit she makes her face strong and says">p</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> to</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ֹו psn3ms"> him</a>,</p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-14.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">14</a>“<a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs">I’ve</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/8002.htm" title="שֶׁלֶם ncmpa 8002"> made <span class="fn" style="color:#0092f2">•</span>fellowship</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2077.htm" title="זֶבַח_1 ncmpc 2077"> offerings</a>;<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Meat from a fellowship offering had to be eaten on the day it was offered; therefore she is inviting him to a feast at her house.">q</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa">today</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3117.htm" title="יֹום_1 ncmsa 3117"></a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7999.htm" title="שׁלם vpp1cs 7999"> I’ve fulfilled</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> my</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5088.htm" title="נֵדֶר ncmpc 5088"> vows</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Lv 7:11-18; Dt 23:18; Ps 56:12">r</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-15.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">15</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5921.htm" title="עַל_2 Pp 5921">So</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3651.htm" title="כֵּן_2 Pd 3651"></a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3318.htm" title="יצא vqp1cs 3318"> I came out</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> to</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7122.htm" title="קרא_2 vqc 7122"> meet</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ְכָ psv2ms"> you</a>,</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp">to</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7836.htm" title="שׁחר_2 vpc 7836"> search for</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ְכָ psn2ms"> you</a>, <a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc">and</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/4672.htm" title="מצא vqw1cs 4672"> I’ve found</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ְכָ psv2msXe"> you</a>.</p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-16.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">16</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7234.htm" title="רבד vqp1cs 7234">I’ve spread</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/4765.htm" title="מַרְבָד ncmpa 4765"> coverings</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> on my</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6210.htm" title="עֶרֶשׂ ncfsc 6210"> bed</a><a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Pr 31:22">s</a> —</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2405.htm" title="חֲטֻבֹות ncfpa 2405">richly colored</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/330.htm" title="אֵטוּן ncmsc 330"> linen</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/4714.htm" title="מִצְרַיִם np 4714"> from Egypt</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Ezk 27:7">t</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-17.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">17</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5130.htm" title="נוף_2 vqp1cs 5130">I’ve perfumed</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> my</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/4904.htm" title="מִשְׁכָּב ncmsc 4904"> bed</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/4753.htm" title="מֹר ncmsa 4753">with myrrh</a>, <a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/174.htm" title="אֲהָלִים_1 ncmpa 174">aloes</a>, <a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc">and</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7076.htm" title="קִנָּמֹון ncmsa 7076"> cinnamon</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Ex 30:23; Ps 45:8">u</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-18.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">18</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1980.htm" title="הלך vqvms 1980">Come</a>, <a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7301.htm" title="רוה vqi1cp{1}Cm 7301">let’s drink deeply</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1730.htm" title="דֹּוד ncmpa 1730"> of lovemaking</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5704.htm" title="עַד_3 Pp 5704"> until</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1242.htm" title="בֹּקֶר_2 ncmsa 1242"> morning</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Sg 5:1">v</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5965.htm" title="עלס_1 vti1cp{1}Ct 5965">Let’s feast on each other’s</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/159.htm" title="אֹהַב ncmpa 159"> love</a>!</p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-19.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">19</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa">My</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/376.htm" title="אִישׁ ncmsa 376"> husband</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/369.htm" title="אַיִן_1 Pd 369"> isn’t</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1004.htm" title="בַּיִת_1 ncmsc 1004"> home</a>;</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1980.htm" title="הלך vqp3ms 1980">he went</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> on</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/4480.htm" title="מִן Pp 4480"> a long</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7350.htm" title="רָחֹוק amsa 7350"></a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1870.htm" title="דֶּרֶךְ ncbsa 1870"> journey</a>.</p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-20.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">20</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3947.htm" title="לקח vqp3ms 3947">He took</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6872.htm" title="צְרֹור_1 ncmsc 6872"> a bag</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3701.htm" title="כֶּסֶף ncmsa 3701"> of money</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> with</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3027.htm" title="יָד ncfsc 3027"></a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ֹו psn3ms"> him</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/935.htm" title="בוא vqi3msXa 935">and will come</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1004.htm" title="בַּיִת_1 ncmsc 1004"> home</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> at</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3117.htm" title="יֹום_1 ncmsc 3117"> the time</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa"> of the</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3677.htm" title="כֶּסֶא ncmsa 3677"> full moon</a>.”</p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-21.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">21</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5186.htm" title="נטה vhp3fs 5186">She seduces</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ֹו psv3ms"> him</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> with</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs"> her</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7230.htm" title="רֹב ncmsc 7230"> persistent</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3948.htm" title="לֶקַח ncmsc 3948"> pleading</a>;</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5080.htm" title="נדח_1 vhi3fs 5080">she lures</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> with</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs"> her</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2506.htm" title="חֵלֶק_1 ncmsc 2506"> flattering</a><a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Lit smooth">w</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/8193.htm" title="שָׂפָה ncfdc 8193"> talk</a>.</p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-22.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">22</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1980.htm" title="הלך vqPmsa 1980">He follows</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/310.htm" title="אַחַר Pp 310"></a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs"> her</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6597.htm" title="פִּתְאֹם Pd 6597"> impulsively</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="כְּ Pp">like</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7794.htm" title="שֹׁור ncmsa 7794"> an ox</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/935.htm" title="בוא vqi3msXa 935"> going</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/413.htm" title="אֶל Pp 413"> to</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2874.htm" title="טֶבַח_1 ncmsa 2874"> the slaughter</a>,</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="כְּ Pp">like</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/191.htm" title="אֱוִיל_1 ncmsa 191"> a deer</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5914.htm" title="עֶכֶס ncmsa 5914"> bounding toward a trap</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/413.htm" title="אֶל Pp 413"></a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/4148.htm" title="מוּסָר ncmsc 4148"></a><a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Text emended; MT reads like a shackle to the discipline of a fool; Hb obscure">x</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-23.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">23</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5704.htm" title="עַד_3 Pp 5704">until</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2671.htm" title="חֵץ ncmsa 2671"> an arrow</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6398.htm" title="פלח vpi3ms 6398"> pierces</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ֹו psn3ms"> its</a><a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Or his">y</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3516.htm" title="כָּבֵד_2 ncmsc 3516"> liver</a>,<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Pr 2:16-19; 5:3-6; 23:27-28">z</a></p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="כְּ Pp">like</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6833.htm" title="צִפֹּור_1 ncbsa 6833"> a bird</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/4116.htm" title="מהר_1 vpc 4116"> darting</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/413.htm" title="אֶל Pp 413"> into</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6341.htm" title="פַּח_1 ncmsa 6341"> a snare</a><a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Ec 9:12">aa</a> —</p><p class="endpoem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3808.htm" title="לֹא Pn 3808">he doesn’t</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3045.htm" title="ידע vqp3ms 3045"> know</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1931.htm" title="הוּא pi3ms 1931"> it</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ֹו psn3ms"> will cost him his</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5315.htm" title="נֶפֶשׁ ncbsc 5315"> life</a>.</p><p class="poetryblock"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-24.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">24</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6258.htm" title="עַתָּה Pd 6258">Now</a>, <a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1121.htm" title="בֵּן_1 ncmpa 1121">my sons</a>, <a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/8085.htm" title="שׁמע vqvmp 8085">listen</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> to</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> me</a>,</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc">and</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7181.htm" title="קשׁב vhvmp 7181"> pay attention</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> to</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/561.htm" title="אֵמֶר_1 ncmpc 561"> the words</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> of my</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6310.htm" title="פֶּה ncmsc 6310"> mouth</a>.</p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-25.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">25</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/408.htm" title="אַל Pd 408">Don’t</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ְכָ psn2ms"> let your</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3820.htm" title="לֵב ncmsc 3820"> heart</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7847.htm" title="שׂטה vqi3msXa{1}Jt 7847"> turn aside</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/413.htm" title="אֶל Pp 413"> to</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs"> her</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1870.htm" title="דֶּרֶךְ ncbpc 1870"> ways</a>;</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/408.htm" title="אַל Pd 408">don’t</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/8582.htm" title="תעה vqi2msXa{1}Jt 8582"> stray</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> onto</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs"> her</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5410.htm" title="נְתִיבָה ncfpc 5410"> paths</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Pr 5:8">ab</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-26.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">26</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3588.htm" title="כִּי_2 Pc 3588">For</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7227.htm" title="רַב_1 ampa 7227"> she has brought many</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/5307.htm" title="נפל vhp3fs 5307"> down</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2491.htm" title="חָלָל ncmpa 2491"> to death</a>;</p><p class="poem"><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs">her</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2026.htm" title="הרג vqsmpc 2026"> victims</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/6099.htm" title="עָצוּם ampa 6099"> are countless</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Or and powerful men are all her victims">ac</a></p><p class="poem1"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-27.htm" style="color:#0092f2" class="reftext">27</a><a href="http://concordances.org/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs">Her</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1004.htm" title="בַּיִת_1 ncmsc 1004"> house</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/1870.htm" title="דֶּרֶךְ ncbpc 1870"> is the road</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/7585.htm" title="שְׁאֹול ncbsa 7585"> to <span class="fn" style="color:#0092f2">•</span>Sheol</a>,</p><p class="endpoem"><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/3381.htm" title="ירד vqPfpa 3381">descending</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/413.htm" title="אֶל Pp 413"> to</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/2315.htm" title="חֶדֶר ncmpc 2315"> the chambers</a><a href="http://concordances.org/hebrew/4194.htm" title="מָוֶת ncmsa 4194"> of death</a>.<a href="#ftn" style="color:#0092f2;" class="fn" title="Pr 2:18; 5:5; 9:18; 1Co 6:9; Rv 22:15">ad</a></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="ftn">a. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:1</b> Pr 2:1</span><br /><span class="ftn">b. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:2</b> Pr 3:1-2; 4:4; 6:23; 19:16</span><br /><span class="ftn">c. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:2</b> Dt 32:10; Ps 17:8; Zch 2:8</span><br /><span class="ftn">d. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:3</b> Dt 11:18; Pr 3:3; 6:21</span><br /><span class="ftn">e. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:4</b> Sg 4:9</span><br /><span class="ftn">f. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:5</b> Pr 5:3,20; 6:24; 7:21</span><br /><span class="ftn">g. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:6</b> Jdg 5:28; Sg 2:9</span><br /><span class="ftn">h. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:7</b> Or <i>simple</i>, or <i>gullible</i>, or <i>naive</i></span><br /><span class="ftn">i. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:9</b> Jb 24:15</span><br /><span class="ftn">j. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:10</b> Gn 38:14-15</span><br /><span class="ftn">k. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:10</b> Or <i>prostitute with a guarded heart</i></span><br /><span class="ftn">l. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:11</b> Pr 9:13</span><br /><span class="ftn">m. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:11</b> 1Tm 5:13</span><br /><span class="ftn">n. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:12</b> Pr 5:16; 9:14</span><br /><span class="ftn">o. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:12</b> Pr 23:28</span><br /><span class="ftn">p. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:13</b> Lit <i>she makes her face strong and says</i></span><br /><span class="ftn">q. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:14</b> Meat from a fellowship offering had to be eaten on the day it was offered; therefore she is inviting him to a feast at her house.</span><br /><span class="ftn">r. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:14</b> Lv 7:11-18; Dt 23:18; Ps 56:12</span><br /><span class="ftn">s. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:16</b> Pr 31:22</span><br /><span class="ftn">t. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:16</b> Ezk 27:7</span><br /><span class="ftn">u. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:17</b> Ex 30:23; Ps 45:8</span><br /><span class="ftn">v. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:18</b> Sg 5:1</span><br /><span class="ftn">w. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:21</b> Lit <i>smooth</i></span><br /><span class="ftn">x. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:22</b> Text emended; MT reads <i>like a shackle to the discipline of a fool</i> ; Hb obscure</span><br /><span class="ftn">y. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:23</b> Or <i>his</i></span><br /><span class="ftn">z. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:21-23</b> Pr 2:16-19; 5:3-6; 23:27-28</span><br /><span class="ftn">aa. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:23</b> Ec 9:12</span><br /><span class="ftn">ab. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:25</b> Pr 5:8</span><br /><span class="ftn">ac. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:26</b> Or<i> and powerful men are all her victims</i></span><br /><span class="ftn">ad. </span><span class="ftnb"><b>7:27</b> Pr 2:18; 5:5; 9:18; 1Co 6:9; Rv 22:15</span><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a 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